(File Photo of an American Flag)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsubrgh, PA) A national symbol is trying to unite the country as the Fourth of July approaches. 

The National Flag Foundation sent an American flag to all of the U.S. states, as well as U.S. territories and military cemeteries around the world. 

It arrived in the Pittsburgh region yesterday under the wings of the 911th Airlift Wing in Moon Township.  

The Flag Sojourn 250 made its penultimate stop in that region. 

The flag has been traveling around the country and the world since the fall of last year. 

It has traveled to U.S. territories and military cemeteries overseas to unite Americans before the semi-quincentennial celebration of U.S. independence that Americans will celebrate on Saturday.